Membership Value Sheet

                                                       What is Your Membership Worth?

If You Don’t Participate in any Networking Opportunities or Events- Your Business Still Benefits!

As a San Rafael Chamber Member you automatically receive all of the following benefits.

No participation is required:

  • Website listing with your link, visited by over 25,000 visitors annually
 $200
  • Website listing on the Chamber’s Member Milestone Web Page & E-Brief for Business Monthly newsletter 
 $100
  • Your company news and events posted on Chamber website, Facebook and Twitter                     
 $225 
  • Opportunity to share your business cards and company collateral at the Chamber office   
 $75
  • Save $ on products and services from Member2Member (M2M) Discounts Savings Program        
 $600 
  • Tax deduction for your Chamber membership investment (consult your tax professional
 $295+ 
  • Comcast and Office Depot Savings Programs
 up to Hundreds 
  • Exclusive Chamber member health plan discounts
 up to Thousands
  • Direct customer referral service 
 priceless
  • Attract customers by promoting your own deal in our M2M Discount Savings Program   
 priceless
  • Collective business voice through Chamber legislative advocacy program
 priceless
  • Connecting you to elected officials and protecting your business
 priceless
  • Keeping you up to date on pertinent, current local business issues
 priceless
        Even without attending any Chamber networking events or functions:   
Your total investment value for just Belonging is:                                                                                                  

 $1,595!
 

Add networking at monthly events and Chamber annual signature events and your membership value has just increased three fold with one of the largest Chambers in the Bay Area and Marin’s leading Chamber of Commerce                                                                                                                                                                 


            The Real Value of Joining a Chamber of Commerce

Table 1. Chamber Membership is Effective Business Strategy

A national survey* of 2,000 adults reveals that being active in a local chamber of commerce is an effective business strategy because two-thirds of consumers believe that such companies use good practices, are reputable, care about their customers, and are involved in the community.

The percentages in Table 1 show just how effective of a business strategy being active in a chamber really is. For example, consumers say that being active in the local chamber is 23% more effective for communicating that a company uses good practices than it is for making a general statement about the company. 

             

   Tabel 2. Major Impact on Small Business

Small businesses represent the largest segment of most local chamber membership rolls, and the study indicates that chamber membership has consistent and powerful benefits for small business members.

The table below indicates that if consumers are aware that a small business is involved with its local chamber great benefits emerge. For example, if consumers know that a small business is a member of the chamber of commerce, the business enjoys a 49% increase in its consumer favorability rating, 73% increase in consumer awareness, a 68% increase in its local reputation, and an 80% increase in the likelihood that consumers will patronize the business in the future.
Impact on Small Business Table
*View full Schapiro Group Research Study 2012

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